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Emergency doctors say city councillor wrong about them being 'muzzled' over COVID-19
A group of 21 physicians who make up the emergency room team at Red Deer Regional Hospital says it unanimously disagrees with comments made this week by City Councillor Buck Buchanan.During a meeting ...
Nov 26, 2020
As Alberta's COVID-19 cases rise, so does tension over world junior championship
Alberta's spike in COVID-19 infections and the virus's infiltration of Canada's team is concerning for the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, according to a health and law expert and an epi...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta to pilot rapid COVID-19 testing program
Alberta will soon begin piloting point-of-care rapid testing for COVID-19 at select sites across the province.The government says in a release that over the last two months, Alberta Health Services (A...
Nov 26, 2020
Boy dead, officer hurt in Kawartha Lakes, Ont.; police watchdog investigating
A one-year-old boy was fatally shot and his father and a provincial police officer injured Thursday following an alleged abduction in central Ontario, the province's police watchdog says. The Special ...
Nov 26, 2020
AOC Among Us: progressive firebrand to join NDP leader for online gaming sesh Friday
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The leader of the New Democrats has thrown down the gauntlet to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Canada-U. S. relations may never be the same. Jagmeet Singh challenged the firebr...
Nov 26, 2020
Hinshaw says she doesn't dictate policy decisions
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says she does not dictate public health decisions, nor should she, because she is not an elected official.Dr. Deena Hinshaw says she's "profoundly ...
Nov 26, 2020
Alberta's chief medical health officer publicly criticizes staffer who leaked info
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health, dealing with rocketing COVID-19 case numbers, is criticizing a member of her inner circle for leaking confidential information to the media. Dr. D...
Nov 26, 2020
Public health officers walk fine line between public and politicians, scholars say
EDMONTON - There's a fine line between a public health officer's duty to the people they serve and their duty to the elected officials who appoint them, scholars say. But they add governments should b...
Nov 26, 2020
Red Deer with 158 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta announced another 1,077 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. That's out of 15,932 tests completed over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 6.8 per cent.There are now 14,052 active cases in th...
Nov 26, 2020
Woodbine Racetrack ends horse racing season after talks with provincial government
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment says it has officially cancelled the rest of its thoroughbred racing season following discussions with the Ontario government.When Toronto was placed into a lockdown s...
Nov 26, 2020